diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3399eb7..f1f597cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyodbc"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 # This is used by the GitHub action that builds release artifacts using cibuildwheel.